The Daily Beat: 2/8/07
-Los Angeles-based Helio, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) backed by South Korea’s SK Telecom and Internet provider EarthLink, has generated significant buzz in the mobile community this week with the launch of a mobile music service and the first public release of its subscriber numbers. CNET addresses the challenges Helio (and others, like rival Amp’d Mobile) face in the mobile space: Is Helio’s Cool Factor Enough?
-Following the barrage of press and product announcements that came out of last week’s DEMO 07 conference, InformationWeek’s Thomas Claburn looks back at companies that debuted at last year’s show and reminds us that the real challenges for most of these early-stage companies lay ahead: Demo Class of 2006: Where Are They Now?
-On the other hand…this year’s DEMO showcased quite a few interesting products and services that are getting rave reviews, including Irvine based Integrien. CIO includes Integrien in a roundup of DEMO debuts from a corporate IT perspective: The DEMO Inventions CIOs Really Should Care About
-Jon Guynn Joins BiggerBoat – Beverly Hills-based BiggerBoat, a search and discovery engine for entertainment, has announced that entertainment industry veteran Jon Guynn has joined the company as its vice president of sales. Here is the announcement: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070207005418&newsLang=en
